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J. P. MOORE.

(No Model.)

BED.

Patented May 19, 1885.,

Wil'n (JJF UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES P. MOORE, OF GARDINER, MAINE.

BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 318,282, dated May 19,1885.

Application filed January 27, 1 885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JAMES P. MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gardiner,

in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented certain newand useful Improvementsin Beds,of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to beds; and the object of my invention is to forma bedstead which shall be simply and easily constructed, and which shallcombine a maximum of strength and stiffness with a minimum oflightnessand simplicity. 7

My invention consists of a head board, foot-board, and side rails, eachcomposed of two stout bars of wood placed horizontally one above theother, and united by strong pins or dowels fitted into holes bored inthe bars. The side rails are joined to the head and foot boards by meansof slots in the under sides of the bars, which fit over metal pins whichpass through the two end dowels of the head and foot boards.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View. Fig. 2 shows alongitudinal section through end of side rails. Fig. 3 is a trans versesection immediately below the rail.

A is the lower bar of the head-board, and A is the upper bar. a a arethe two end dowels, and a a are the intermediate dowels, all of whichare driven into holes in the under side of bar A and the upper side ofbar A. The dowels a a are placed just sufficiently far apart to admitbetween them the side rails, C. The remaining dowels are arranged inpairs, or in any suitable manner.

Two pins, D D, are driven through the dowels a a at such a distanceapart that they will receive the upper and lower bars of the side rails.

O and O are the upper and lower bars of the side rails. These bars areunited by dowels, as in the case of the head and foot boards. A hole isbored in the under side of the ends of the bars 0 and O, and a hard woodplug is driven in. Through this hardwood plug a slot, 0 is cut in theunder side of the bar capable of receiving the pin D.

The side rails are attached to the head and foot boards in the samemanner-viz., the,

rails are passed between the dowels a a, and the slots pressed down overthe pins D D.

As I construct the bed, the bars are all of some strong light wood, likespruce, while the dowels are of hard wood. The plug 0, which is insertedinto the ends of bars O O, strengthens the ends of the bars against thegreat strain to which they are subjected, and thus renders this simplemanner of fastening practicable.

By my manner of forming this bed I give it a maximum of strength andstiffness where these are most desirable, combined with a minimum oflightness. The labor of making the bed is reduced to a very smallamount, and there are no hiding-places for vermin.

I claim- 1. The within-described bedstead, consisting of head and footboards and side rails composed of bars O O, united by dowels, and havingthe plugs 0, through which are out slots 0 combined with pins D D,passing through the dowels a a, substantially as described.

2. In a bedstead, the side rails composed of bars O O, united by dowels,and having the plugs 0, through which are cut slots 0, combined withpins D D, passing through the dowels a a, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig nature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES MOORE.

Witnesses:

J. S. MAXCY, D. M. MAXOY.

